Some things are disappointing. Doctor Pepper and a movie without popcorn are high on the list. But the highest, even higher than losing a high stakes poker game, is muddy footprints. No matter how high, wide, long, or narrow you make this list, nothing tops getting mud tracked all throughout your house. On Dr. Stewart’s … Continue reading Dr. Stewart’s Rebellious Rug

I first saw her as I was boarding the trolley before work. She was a small girl with a red dress, black leggings, and a sparkly butterfly clip holding back her short brown hair. This of course was perfectly ordinary, she was simply sitting on a bench, presumably waiting for another trolley. She was not … Continue reading Elephants, Clouds, and Butterfly Clips

Sorry, the ending is a bit rushed because I procrastinated, haha. Night had fallen. The sun had slowly set, while children outside playing were called inside to dinner. The crickets sounded, their cries washing over the hills like water. The roads were empty. Lights went off as the children snuggled up underneath thick blankets. Slowly … Continue reading Things That Go Bump In The Night

In the damp unmoving air, All the trees are standing there, With the sun’s unending drill, Killing plants with its brutal will, The jungle pale with tan dead moss  The twisting trees mourning the loss Of their once green leaves and life The jungle stands withered with strife Then, like a hero, a dark cloud … Continue reading Rainy Season

I remember the day it all started: a warm summer’s day, the kind where you want to bask in the sun instead of staying inside. Nobody else was out as I walked down the sidewalk. The soft scraping of my shoes against the cobbled stones was the only sound I heard. The only other signs … Continue reading Photograph

There once was a knight named Sir Lancelot. Instead of a helmet he had a large pot. And all of his armor was fit on with glue, He looked kind of crazy, from head to shoe. In place of his sword he had a long broom; He had a mop-head instead of a plume. He … Continue reading Sir Lancelot!

Shadrack was wounded badly. He rested his head on the ground. A vision of his past victories flooded his mind. This was beyond repair. He had a gaping rip in his pride. Not a physical injury. This was worse than that. This was his pride and to a cat pride is like an essential organ. … Continue reading Chasing After Glory

“I’m amazing!” said the stuffy rhino to the lions. Now, like most people, the lions did not enjoy being woken up with a snort of a rhino in their face. The head of the pride groaned. He opened one giant eye and snorted at the lumbering beast. The rhino grinned. Now he had told the … Continue reading Rhino Pride

A blowing leaf on the ground, Its wayward shape dead and browned, A kitten stocks in weight, no sound, Its tail swishes eyes of flame As it slowly hunts its game The timing right with perfect aim A paw extended deals a blow It destroys its battered foe In its eyes a triumphant glow Claws … Continue reading The Kitten